Jeff Pu doesn’t really have the credibility in Apple predictions. What he said is very likely to be wrong.
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Qualcomm Predicted to Remain 5G Modem Supplier for iPhone 15 and iPhone 16
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One of the hardest things to do in the modern world is to distinguish between reality and nonsense that is being peddled as reality.
I have no idea what the situation is like for the "entire" US; all I can say is that I'm pretty amazed at just how extensive mmWave coverage is in the large cities I live in and have recently visited. To hear the propaganda, mmWave barely works and is only appropriate for airports and stadia. Well, not exactly...
I'm not interested in some sort of p**ssing war over which country sucks most; I leave that to people incapable of appreciating the beauty of physics/math/technology. All I can say is that it's not just Americans who are clueless about life in other countries...
Yes, but not for the point I am making!
aWatch Ultra gets the GPS via the cellular (QC) chip; it does nothing to advance APPLE's radio technology. (An Apple replacement chip for QC will have to include its own GPS...)
One of the best things about 5G speeds is there's actual data to determine who's fast and slow.
An Apple developed chip may offer better battery life but Qualcomm chips are very good also.
Seems like since they don’t call them S anymore, odd numbers are the ones to go with.
They were involved in a huge legal battle with Qualcomm for exactly that. So they try to screw over small and large companies the same.
Better Apple take their time and get things right. I'm planning on getting the iPhone 16 and don't want the first gen Apple modem.
I got a taste of 5G on my S21 and I was ecstatic that it reached 80mbps on a Speedtest 😂
Here in Indonesia, the towers are so congested that 4G right now is running at 3G speed. It is made worse with 3G being shut down, resulting every cellular devices crowding the already congested 4G towers…
5G is critically needed to help with the congestion over here.
I think they were fine with having the modems externally sourced, as long as there was a competition between 2 or more suppliers;
the problem arose when Intel gave up on 5G and Apple was forced to buy ONLY from Qualcomm.
Even the screens have 3 different suppliers, the only other monopoly (as far as I know) is TSMC, and they started charging Apple more...
I’m surprised at how difficult it appears to be to design modem hardware. Intel was at it for years and failed, Apple is at it for years and seems to be failing… I wonder why it is so? Anyway, makes me respect engineering teams who managed to successfully deliver such devices even more.
I do hope Apple succeed in making one and not scrap the project. The A and M series of chips are immensely capable and are not power hungry. Hope the modem turns out good as well and in future included in all their mobile devices (incl. Macbooks). Take your time Apple.
If that’s what you’re complaining about, then you’re missing the point of 5G. One of the main real world benefits of 5G is increased connection reliability in bandwidth starved situations (along with reduced lag), at least with carriers that have implemented this well. This is a really big deal.
In contrast, the theoretical max speeds are pretty much irrelevant to 99% of the population.
Whoever said that wasn’t paying attention. In 2019, Apple signed a multi-year chip supply agreement with Qualcomm, with licensing until at least 2025.
I use Verizon with my iPhone 14 Pro Max in Manhattan, NYC and the download speeds are up to 330 Mbps. it can slow down during the day, particularly 4PM - 6 due to congestion in some spots.
Remember better signal means better battery life. So, upgrading annually. (I use Verizon yearly upgrade) means a better modem (currently the X65) and transceiver electronics improving signal strength, for those hard to reach areas. In NYC we have skyscrapers, subways, other hard to reach signal areas. There are also conferences, sports events with lots of traffic...etc. The X65 modem also takes up less power than its predecessor.
I also keep the cell settings to 5G on, not auto. There is always 5G coverage where I am mostly, and can change it if traveling to somewhere without it.
I use the Speedtest iOS App (not the web version). I do tethering on the Mac using the Speedtest Mac OS app.
With the iOS app, you can click on "Detailed info" after the Speedtest and see thinks like %packet loss. If you are getting slower than expected results, check this number.
In most large metro areas Verizon is using the C-band, band n77, which is either 60Mz or 100 MHz of bandwidth. They are upgrade all/most metro areas to 100MHz bandwidth.
The C-band is exclusive to 5G, no sharing with LTE and is very fast.
You can run cel info (Field Test Mode) on your iPhone:
Call *3001$12345#8
For 5G look at Nr Rach Attempt
RSRQ is overall signal quality including noise (the important number)
RSPR is signal strength
freq_band_ind is the band you are running on: 77 is the C-band. (at least for Verizon)
I think all 5G iPhones (12, 13, 14) have access to band 77.
I'm not recommending this link, just something I found on the web. It appears to be addressing LTE and not 5G, so not certain everything holds:
Remember better signal means better battery life. So, upgrading annually. (I use Verizon yearly upgrade) means a better modem (currently the X65) and transceiver electronics improving signal strength, for those hard to reach areas. In NYC we have skyscrapers, subways, other hard to reach signal areas. There are also conferences, sports events with lots of traffic...etc. The X65 modem also takes up less power than its predecessor.
I also keep the cell settings to 5G on, not auto. There is always 5G coverage where I am mostly, and can change it if traveling to somewhere without it.
I use the Speedtest iOS App (not the web version). I do tethering on the Mac using the Speedtest Mac OS app.
With the iOS app, you can click on "Detailed info" after the Speedtest and see thinks like %packet loss. If you are getting slower than expected results, check this number.
In most large metro areas Verizon is using the C-band, band n77, which is either 60Mz or 100 MHz of bandwidth. They are upgrade all/most metro areas to 100MHz bandwidth.
The C-band is exclusive to 5G, no sharing with LTE and is very fast.
You can run cel info (Field Test Mode) on your iPhone:
Call *3001$12345#8
For 5G look at Nr Rach Attempt
RSRQ is overall signal quality including noise (the important number)
RSPR is signal strength
freq_band_ind is the band you are running on: 77 is the C-band. (at least for Verizon)
I think all 5G iPhones (12, 13, 14) have access to band 77.
I'm not recommending this link, just something I found on the web. It appears to be addressing LTE and not 5G, so not certain everything holds:
Yes but jd
f indunesia does it the sane way as a few other places, once 3G is shut down the frequencies will be re purposed fir 4G/ 5G so it will give a boost to caoacity ( both because of mor rf spectrum and way mote eficient over air air transmission)
3G is already shut down. Imo it is probably mostly will be for 5G as 4G currently is not getting any better. Thus my goal to upgrade my 7+ to a 5G capable iphone.
LOl. He used untaxed cash from the Irish account, then proceeded to claim a deduction with the IRS.
Smart
And what's OpenSignal's methodology?
What's their weighting (by land area or by population)?
How do they correct for the fact that it's much easier to be fast in a country that's all city than in a country with a large non-urban extent?
How do they correct for areas that are not covered at all (maybe doesn't bring down the score?) vs areas that are covered but badly?
What's OpenSignal's agenda (ie how do they make money)?
etc etc etc
You have to be ridiculously naive in 2022 to trot out something like this and just claim "this is the word of god. controversy over".
I mean, come on, give me freaking break! You say that if I parachute to some random place in Finland - not Helsinki, but random location in Finland, and pull out my phone, I will get a 237Mbps 5G connection? B***s**t.
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So if the above is not giving some sort of average speed, what is it giving? Seems like some sort of "fastest speed ever recorded on a network in that country". Which is fine for d**k-measuring purposes but meaningless in terms of "how good does the network feel for everday actual use"!
They're still filing lots of patents in this space. Here's a recent one:
US20220295459A1 - Communication Device and Method for Wireless Communications - Google Patents
A communication device and a method to suspend monitoring of a first radio access network (RAN) on a frequency band shared with a second RAN, comprising receiving a signal from the second RAN on the frequency band; decoding the received signal; identifying a duration during which the second RAN...
patents.google.com
It's interesting to look at the patent (even just skim it if you're non-technical). Something that's very obvious in pretty much all the recent Apple patents (ie iPhone/Watch stuff) is an obsession with energy; almost every innovation is justified in terms of energy. This patent does the same thing.
It's possible that the primary reason Apple's modem is being delayed is not that it doesn't work or doesn't work well enough, but that Apple believe that with correct engineering (a thousand tweaks to what already exists, one damn thing after another) they can reduce the energy spent in the modem by something that will make a big splash when it ships, like 2x or 3x...
When they bought Intel division the thought is Apple would look at integrating modem technology with SoC just like the Snapdragon. I still think that is the case, since as that'll allow for quite a cost reduction, despite having to license Qualcomm patents, either way the two are wed-locked in some capacity.
He definitely used the right money, and it seemed like a good move. I only say that because it clearly did not work out as well as he had hoped, and likely does not have the return on investment of most of their other acquisitions.